Religion, Theology, and Class [electronic resource] : Fresh Engagements after Long Silence /
Rieger, J.editor.
This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and what we can learn from a renewed engagement with the topic. This volume discusses what new discourses regarding notions of gender, ethnicity, and race might add to developments on notions of class.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction Why Class Matters in Religious Studies and Theology; Part I Basic Definitions and Challenges of Class; 1 Religion and Class; 2 Save Us from Cynicism: Religion and Social Class; 3 Class, Sin, and the Displaced; Part II Understanding Class in Historical Contexts; 4 The Theological Value of Social Class Analysis and Other Social Distinctions; 5 Religion and Class in the Construction and Deconstruction of the Myth of American Exceptionalism
6 Protesting Classes through Protestant Glasses: Class, Labor, and the Social Gospel in the United StatesPart III Class in Relation to Poverty, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity; 7 Poverty and Poor People's Agency in High-Tech Capitalism; 8 Inequality, Class, and Power in Global Perspective: Feminist Reflections; 9 Black Reconstruction: Thinking Blackness and Rethinking Class in Late Capitalist America; 10 Instigating Class Struggle? The Study of Class in Religion and Theology and Some Implications for Gender, Race, and Ethnicity; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and what we can learn from a renewed engagement with the topic. This volume discusses what new discourses regarding notions of gender, ethnicity, and race might add to developments on notions of class.
Ethics.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Political theory.
Religion.
Religion and sociology.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Political Theory.
Religious Studies, general.
Religion and Society.